Britain's highest gallantry award for civilians and military personnel for actions which are not in the face of the enemy. / Australia's 2nd highest military award (no longer awarded)

The Egyptian plover, Pluvianus aegyptius

plural of cross-trainer

Any of several species of genus Colchicum that bloom in the Fall / especially, Colchicum autumnale.

(sports) The wooden mallet used in croquet to strike the ball

A kind of cover crop planted near a primary crop in order to prevent the growth of weeds in that area.

plural of cross-tail

A bar in a steam engine connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.

(shipbuilding) One of the temporary wooden braces, placed horizontally across a frame to hold it in position until the deck beams are in; a cross-pawl.

plural of cross-spall